Review: Into The Fire

Title: Into The Fire

Author: E.L. Todd

Publisher: Smashwords

Release Date: January 30, 2016

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While I was reading the summary for this book on Love ALL BOOKS group on Facebook, I thought that it sounded really good. The characters were different, and I just thought that this would be such a fun read. And I was not disappointed at all. I started this book on 01/17/2016 and I was done with it the following day. I was not able to put it down, and I was so invested in the characters of Ash and Alessandra. There was so much raw emotion and there was just so much going on - it was hard not to fall in love with their relationship, and what they were doing. It was not your basic, boy meets girl - girl falls in love... they live happily ever after. There was so much more to the plot, such as Ash was a war veteran, he did three tours in Afghanistan, and he was still fishing for his parents approval - without even knowing it. But more importantly his money that he had loaned them, several years back. Alessandra was a beautiful girl who happened to be an escort for Beautiful Entourage, which just helped clients when they needed a date or wanted to make an ex-girlfriend jealous. They were not prostitutes, by any means. Anyways - I just loved how it was so different from what I've read before, and it kept me so intrigued, I just couldn't put my phone down, I had to keep reading.

Ash - how do I explain the devilish good looking man with an ego problem? Ash is actually quite charming, at first I didn't like him too much, he was cocky and awfully arrogant, for such a character, but as I watched the layers unfold of him while he was with Alessandra - as well as get into his head, and know how much he was confused, and his feelings, I started to really love Ash. He is actually a great man, and there was nothing wrong with him, for his parents to want him to change so much. Yes - he was rough around the edges, but that was part of his charm.

Alessandra, I actually genuinely enjoyed her, I was surprised that she wasn't one of those "Oh no, I can do the sex buddy thing" and then not be able to hold up to the bargain. She did for the most part, a huge part of me knows that she was going to realize it first, but as I read the book, you realize that Ash was doing more than she was... It was so amazing to know that for once an author made the boy fall in love with the girl first. She was strong, and independent and she was able to stand her ground no matter the circumstance. I love that - most women in novels are so willing to just bend over backwards and just give in because their male says so... but that's not the case when it comes to Alessandra. She is not easily giving, and that is one of the biggest things I love about her!

Alessandra and Ash's friends... although they aren't huge in the storyline - I just have to say that I love that Sawyer and Shelley are two totally different types of friends. Although Shelley is very supportive you can tell that she only wants the best for Alessandra, and is more than happy to help when she can. But isn't going to push her too far or too hard. While Sawyer is actually kind of a dick. When your friend asks you stop setting him up on dates, you stop setting him up... but no for Sawyer that just means, "until next time" and that is slightly annoying that he is so non-confident in himself that he as to tag his best friend along to try and get laid. Personally, I feel as though he is incompetent in trying to get his own date, without having a wing-man. Which is totally my own personally opinion.

Then there was the time after they got together, I wasn't huge on Ash trying to be controlling. I was little turned off by it, and thought that it was out of nowhere, but as I continued reading, I learned a lot more about where he was coming from for making his demands. And not just from his point of view, but from Alessandra's friend Shelley. I didn't understand while I was reading Ash's POV I just thought he was being a controlling pig, but there was a lot more into it, as Shelley later explains, and I definitely was able to accept that along with Alessandra.

This book was full of sexy romance, and fun times, but as well as made me shed a tear or two. I loved the writing of E.L. Todd, and I am going to have to look into more books most definitely. This book is currently not released yet, but I definitely have to say that you should put in a pre-order for it. If you love, love and lust then this is going to be something you are not going to want to miss. It has everything that you could possibly want in a New Romance book.

**I have received an e-copy of the book above - and that in no way has changed my review. My review is 100% honest.